Office 2003 deals... mainly Comp USA

Easy Mac · 10-19-2003, 08:39 PM

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had a CompUSA ad anywhere and could confirm something I saw on www.techbargains.com. Mainly, I want to know if this is right:

Starts Tuesday: Buy any Version of MS Office 2003 (Student & Teacher Ed costs $149.99 Item 306472)- Choose 1 Free AR: Initial 5" Portable DVD Player (304139), Motorola 2.4Ghz Phone system (303141), or Buslink 4x DVD+R/RW Writer (302657)

By this writing, it seems I can buy Office 2003 Student (Still in school!) and get one of the following for free (Probably pay near ful price for one, but then get a rebate form and get my money back). Is this true, as I haven't found this on their website?

If so, this is a great deal, and I would have to reallocate funds since I'm using Openoffice right now, which serves its purpose, but leads to some poor formatting errors when I send it to someone with Word.

And which of the 3 should I get? I'd like the DVD writer (b/c it also says on techbargains that I can get DVDXCopy for free after rebate, not that I'd copy movies...) since I already have 3 DVD players and just bought a new phone, but what would you get?

Also, Best Buy has it where you can get $30 of movies for free and a wireless Optical mouse and keyboard for free (after rebate).

Buccaneer · 10-19-2003, 08:43 PM

The only deal I can handle on Tuesday is the Indiana Jones DVD set plus 5th DVD bonus at Best Buy.

I would like to know more about the Office deal as well. Is it the version that includes Access 2003 as well?

bosshogg23 · 10-19-2003, 08:45 PM

My circular(from Philly) lists that MS Office version for 149.99 but I dont see anything about choosing anything for free.

Most circulars in this area are store specific, not sure how that would affect techbargains info though.

Easy Mac · 10-19-2003, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Buccaneer
The only deal I can handle on Tuesday is the Indiana Jones DVD set plus 5th DVD bonus at Best Buy.

I would like to know more about the Office deal as well. Is it the version that includes Access 2003 as well?

Student version doesn't have access, I think the Standard may, but its $100 more (around $250 I think). I'd like access, but I have no use for it right now.

bosshogg23 · 10-19-2003, 08:51 PM

Dola....

No Access 03 is not on that version. Excel, Powerpoint, Word & I THINK Outlook are on it.

Franklinnoble · 10-19-2003, 09:12 PM

Just wondering... can anyone tell me what "Infopath"does?

Easy Mac · 10-19-2003, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by Franklinnoble
Just wondering... can anyone tell me what "Infopath"does?

increases the price of the suite exponentially.

From Microsoft:

InfoPath 2003 Overview
Published: March 10, 2003

Related Links
• InfoPath 2003 FAQ
• InfoPath 2003 Product Guide
• InfoPath 2003 Demo

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Franklinnoble · 10-19-2003, 09:36 PM

Thanks... I read that page, too. But I'd probably understand it better if they gave a better example of what it actually did. Personally, I don't see how I'd ever use something like that, and I'm wondering why it came with Office 2k3. Seems like a developer tool - not really an end user app.

Daimyo · 10-19-2003, 10:39 PM

InfoPath is definately geared toward corporate environments, sort of like how Sharepoint Team Services was introduced in Office XP. My understanding is that it allows you to quickly and very easily create web forms for capturing all kinds of data. Its not useful for programmers or IT people because they can already do that really easily with ASP,etc.

Where it really is huge is if a non-technical person wants to capture data. Say someone who barely knows how to work a computer wants want to make a simple web survey and have the data stored in a database. With something like this hopefully they could do nearly all of it themselves without having to ever bug the IT guys. If it integrates well with Sharepoint Services it will be a godsend. I'm really looking foward to it...

I've been playing with the demo of 2003 and for corporate/group environments it is really, really slick. Definately the biggest incremental improvement from one version to the next in a long time. If you're a home user, you might as well stick with Office 2000. though.

10-19-2003, 08:43 PM	#2
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	The only deal I can handle on Tuesday is the Indiana Jones DVD set plus 5th DVD bonus at Best Buy. I would like to know more about the Office deal as well. Is it the version that includes Access 2003 as well?

10-19-2003, 08:45 PM	#3
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	My circular(from Philly) lists that MS Office version for 149.99 but I dont see anything about choosing anything for free. Most circulars in this area are store specific, not sure how that would affect techbargains info though.

10-19-2003, 08:51 PM	#5
bosshogg23 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Philly	Dola.... No Access 03 is not on that version. Excel, Powerpoint, Word & I THINK Outlook are on it.

10-19-2003, 09:12 PM	#6
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Just wondering... can anyone tell me what "Infopath"does?

10-19-2003, 09:36 PM	#8
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Thanks... I read that page, too. But I'd probably understand it better if they gave a better example of what it actually did. Personally, I don't see how I'd ever use something like that, and I'm wondering why it came with Office 2k3. Seems like a developer tool - not really an end user app.

10-19-2003, 10:39 PM	#9
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	InfoPath is definately geared toward corporate environments, sort of like how Sharepoint Team Services was introduced in Office XP. My understanding is that it allows you to quickly and very easily create web forms for capturing all kinds of data. Its not useful for programmers or IT people because they can already do that really easily with ASP,etc. Where it really is huge is if a non-technical person wants to capture data. Say someone who barely knows how to work a computer wants want to make a simple web survey and have the data stored in a database. With something like this hopefully they could do nearly all of it themselves without having to ever bug the IT guys. If it integrates well with Sharepoint Services it will be a godsend. I'm really looking foward to it... I've been playing with the demo of 2003 and for corporate/group environments it is really, really slick. Definately the biggest incremental improvement from one version to the next in a long time. If you're a home user, you might as well stick with Office 2000. though.

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